pasture
IPA: pˈæstʃɝ
noun
- Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding.
- Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock.
- (obsolete) Food, nourishment.
verb
- (transitive) To move animals into a pasture.
- (intransitive) To graze.
- (transitive) To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for.
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Examples of "pasture" in Sentences
- The flock of sheep grazed on the pastured.
- The area of the parish is today largely mountain pasture.
- They are mostly located above the timberline and alpine pastures.
- He watched the wild creatures grazing on the pasture of the glades.
- It may be termed the feeding ground the pasture land of the cattle.
- The surrounding land in the parish is a mixture of pasture and arable.
- They cleared the forests to establish pasture and to cultivate the land.
- These cover of the estate, the remainder of which is woodland and pasture.
- It is also the name of the barren plateau itself and all the pastures on it.
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